牽掛

See also: 牵挂

Chinese

		lead along	to hang; to put up; to suspend
trad. (牽掛)		牽	掛
simp. (牵挂)		牵	挂
alternative forms		掛牽／挂牵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānguà

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ gwaa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-koa / khiân-koa
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khan-kòa / khian-kòa / chhian-kòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kang¹ gua³ / kang¹ kua³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānguà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianguà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-kua⁴
    • Yale: chyān-gwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianguah
    • Palladius: цяньгуа (cjanʹgua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ gwaa³
    • Yale: hīn gwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ gwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ gua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ kʷaː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-koa
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien´ gua
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ gua⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-koa
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian´ gua
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ gua⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-kòa
    • Tâi-lô: khan-kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qankoax
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ kua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² kua²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian-kòa
    • Tâi-lô: khian-kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qienkoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kua²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-kòa
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienkoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kua¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kang¹ gua³ / kang¹ kua³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khang kuà / khang khuà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³⁻²³ kua²¹³/, /kʰaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰua²¹³/

Verb

牽掛

1. to worry about; to be concerned about

   • 父母操煩愛人牽掛　這款日子永遠袜快活 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     父母操烦爱人牵挂　这款日子永远袜快活 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2004, 詹雅雯 (lyrics and music), 想厝的人, performed by 詹雅雯

     pē-bú chhau-hoân ài-jîn chhian-kòa, chit khoán ji̍t-chí éng-oán bōe khùiⁿ-oa̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The parents are worried, and the lover is concerned; this kind of life is never happy.

   • 妳是我今生無緣的牽掛 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     你是我今生无缘的牵挂 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2005, 郭之儀 (lyrics and music), 無緣的牽掛, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]

     lí sī góa kim-seng bô-iân ê chhian-kòa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     You are the concern that I had no chance of having in this life.

Synonyms

• 心念 (Hokkien)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惦念 (diànniàn)
• 惦記／惦记 (diànjì)
• 懸／悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸念／悬念 (xuánniàn) (formal)
• 懸想／悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 掛念／挂念 (guàniàn)
• 掛意／挂意 (guàyì)
• 掛記／挂记 (Nanchang Gan, Yudu Hakka)
• 數念／数念 (siàu-liām) (Hokkien)
• 眷顧／眷顾 (juàngù) (formal)
• 記掛／记挂 (jìguà) (dialectal)
• 顧念／顾念 (gùniàn)

 

Derived terms

• 了無牽掛／了无牵挂 (liǎowúqiānguà)
• 無所牽掛／无所牵挂
• 無牽無掛／无牵无挂 (wúqiānwúguà)